Louise Hanna has witnessed and sailed many seas towards the evolution of cybersecurity from the inside out. Now General Manager at Excite Cyber, Hanna recently shared insights at AUSCERT’s conference on the Gold Coast with industry peers, reflecting on pivotal moments and offering fresh guidance for organisations. Hanna’s journey began on the service desk at New South Wales Parliament in the early 1990s, a time before the advent of cloud computing and when the arrival of the Internet complete with dial-up sounds drew crowds around a single PC. Carving out a space in a male dominated university program, Hanna eventually became the Head of IT for New South Wales Parliament, overseeing a team through ...